- Feb 13, 2001
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I always tell my friends never click on an email that comes from a credit card company or bank...instead type in the URL and log in.
However, apparently there is a malware/virus/browser hijack that detects you have logged into a secure site and takes over your browser window with what looks like it's coming from the website itself.
This is exactly one of the windows my friend got plus a similar one they think on either Capital One or Citi.
My question is obviously the ATM card would be compromised due to giving the PIN. They think the other website asked for 3-digit security code so obviously that credit card is compromised.
By having their SSN#, that is bad; but unless you can prove someone is using it actively nothing you can do really.
I told them to call their fraud department and cancel the cards, change all their passwords to something totally new and not going from "ILOVEJENNY1985" to "ILOVEJENNY1986" lolz.
They did the 90 day credit freeze (I thought they were all free, but one of the bureaus charged them $10 for it).
I sent them to annualcreditreport.com and told them I'd pull one report per agency in 60-90days and then do one every 4 months. I told them I'd keep this cycle forever as it's free and a great value to seeing your credit fully and catching mistakes immediately.
Obviously as well, don't go with the same PIN# again.
Anything else they should do? I thought new SSN, but everything I looked at says that is not possible without pretty major fraud going on.
Also anyone know the odds of getting nailed by these types after you have been compromised. I imagine all the data goes into a huge database somewhere.
Just an FYI as the coders have gotten smarter and sometimes even typing in the URL directly can get you phished.
However, apparently there is a malware/virus/browser hijack that detects you have logged into a secure site and takes over your browser window with what looks like it's coming from the website itself.
This is exactly one of the windows my friend got plus a similar one they think on either Capital One or Citi.
My question is obviously the ATM card would be compromised due to giving the PIN. They think the other website asked for 3-digit security code so obviously that credit card is compromised.
By having their SSN#, that is bad; but unless you can prove someone is using it actively nothing you can do really.
I told them to call their fraud department and cancel the cards, change all their passwords to something totally new and not going from "ILOVEJENNY1985" to "ILOVEJENNY1986" lolz.
They did the 90 day credit freeze (I thought they were all free, but one of the bureaus charged them $10 for it).
I sent them to annualcreditreport.com and told them I'd pull one report per agency in 60-90days and then do one every 4 months. I told them I'd keep this cycle forever as it's free and a great value to seeing your credit fully and catching mistakes immediately.
Obviously as well, don't go with the same PIN# again.
Anything else they should do? I thought new SSN, but everything I looked at says that is not possible without pretty major fraud going on.
Also anyone know the odds of getting nailed by these types after you have been compromised. I imagine all the data goes into a huge database somewhere.
Just an FYI as the coders have gotten smarter and sometimes even typing in the URL directly can get you phished.
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